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Death of the Doctor Part 2.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! RTD is the single biggest fanboy in the UNIVERSE! Must re-watch about twenty million times, because it was all made of lovely and awesomeness and it is possible that I am in a kind of sugar-rush! ♥ ♥ ♥
Just brief reactions...
- Eleven said "Come along, Smith" to Sarah Jane and I think I died of joy. \o/ Eleventy I ♥ you SO MUCH! Thank you RTD for paying attention! :D
- Knew there'd be a Doctor/Jo scene, and lo it did not disappoint. (RTD does these like no one else!) Best of all: TEN VISITED ALL HIS OLD COMPANIONS BEFORE HE DIED!!!! IT ARE CANON AND I AM TOO HAPPY TO SPEAK!!!!
- Oh and Sarah Jane asking about Ten, and if he'd been OK, and Eleven just avoiding answering so blatantly that he might as well have shouted 'No he was NOT OK AT ALL!' from the rooftops. Or the alien mountaintops, rather. Oh poor Ten.
- Loved to distraction that the memory theme was carried over from S5. (Esp since I just read a re-watch review of 'Human Nature'/'Family of Blood' which reminded me that John Smith asks 'Am I just a story then?' - or similar - which also makes me happy. I love my themes, I do, I do.)
- Clyde was awesome, as we all knew he'd be, and the backwards shuffle was fabulous in that it gave Clyde the opportunity to asks questions. And what was it?593 507 regenerations apparently? Absolutely brilliant, since it's a totally flippant answer that no one needs to take seriously, and yet they can use it to disregard the '13' perfectly easily. :)
- And RTD couldn't resist the 'Smith and Jones' line. Bless him. He is so adorably predictable.
- What else? Oooooh yes, Sarah Jane's list of what all the former companions was doing was just icing on the cake. Must go back and re-watch to catch it all since when she began talking I was sort of went into shock - I could literally FEEL RTD's fannish glee. (I can also vividly imagine the RTD/Moffat e-mails: 'Would you mind if I filled in lots of blanks and said what all the old companions are doing now?'/'Not at all! Knock yourself out!') Actually, thinking about it, it's interesting that they wrap up all those stories - that only [older] adult fans will know about - on the children's spin-off. I guess they know that older fans will be watching as a matter of course, and are hoping to entice the younger viewers into discovering Old!Who. Good plan.
ETA: Forgot Jo's comment about how if he took her along he'd probably get in trouble with the Timelords and the way he just... went all still and lied through his teeth and Sarah Jane of course knows, but didn't say anything. Wah. Oh teh angst, I loves it. And then they talked about would they know it if he actually died and he went all serious and 'Oh, the whole universe would feel it' and then made them jump. Eleventy you are made of awesome!
ETA2: I FORGOT! (How could I? But there was so much awesome...) Amy and Rory on a Honeymoon planet - which I'd predicted - except it's a planet on a Honeymoon and I sort of just curled up and died of happiness. Again.
ETA3: Of course the 'travelling with a married couple' made Jo talk about how she'd left because she was getting married, and it all tied in beautifully with Amy's Choice and the Dreamlord pointing out how the Doctor always leaves people behind... And also the Doctor talking about all the things Jo had done and she got all happy and 'Oh you were watching me all along!'... and then he couldn't lie and it was heartbreaking and beautiful.
OH IT WAS ALL BRILLIANT! RUSTY I LUFF YOU!
Also, I NEED ICONS! Does anyone know anywhere? (OK, so it's a bit early, I know. But if you find a good source, will you tell me?)
Just brief reactions...
- Eleven said "Come along, Smith" to Sarah Jane and I think I died of joy. \o/ Eleventy I ♥ you SO MUCH! Thank you RTD for paying attention! :D
- Knew there'd be a Doctor/Jo scene, and lo it did not disappoint. (RTD does these like no one else!) Best of all: TEN VISITED ALL HIS OLD COMPANIONS BEFORE HE DIED!!!! IT ARE CANON AND I AM TOO HAPPY TO SPEAK!!!!
- Oh and Sarah Jane asking about Ten, and if he'd been OK, and Eleven just avoiding answering so blatantly that he might as well have shouted 'No he was NOT OK AT ALL!' from the rooftops. Or the alien mountaintops, rather. Oh poor Ten.
- Loved to distraction that the memory theme was carried over from S5. (Esp since I just read a re-watch review of 'Human Nature'/'Family of Blood' which reminded me that John Smith asks 'Am I just a story then?' - or similar - which also makes me happy. I love my themes, I do, I do.)
- Clyde was awesome, as we all knew he'd be, and the backwards shuffle was fabulous in that it gave Clyde the opportunity to asks questions. And what was it?
- And RTD couldn't resist the 'Smith and Jones' line. Bless him. He is so adorably predictable.
- What else? Oooooh yes, Sarah Jane's list of what all the former companions was doing was just icing on the cake. Must go back and re-watch to catch it all since when she began talking I was sort of went into shock - I could literally FEEL RTD's fannish glee. (I can also vividly imagine the RTD/Moffat e-mails: 'Would you mind if I filled in lots of blanks and said what all the old companions are doing now?'/'Not at all! Knock yourself out!') Actually, thinking about it, it's interesting that they wrap up all those stories - that only [older] adult fans will know about - on the children's spin-off. I guess they know that older fans will be watching as a matter of course, and are hoping to entice the younger viewers into discovering Old!Who. Good plan.
ETA: Forgot Jo's comment about how if he took her along he'd probably get in trouble with the Timelords and the way he just... went all still and lied through his teeth and Sarah Jane of course knows, but didn't say anything. Wah. Oh teh angst, I loves it. And then they talked about would they know it if he actually died and he went all serious and 'Oh, the whole universe would feel it' and then made them jump. Eleventy you are made of awesome!
ETA2: I FORGOT! (How could I? But there was so much awesome...) Amy and Rory on a Honeymoon planet - which I'd predicted - except it's a planet on a Honeymoon and I sort of just curled up and died of happiness. Again.
ETA3: Of course the 'travelling with a married couple' made Jo talk about how she'd left because she was getting married, and it all tied in beautifully with Amy's Choice and the Dreamlord pointing out how the Doctor always leaves people behind... And also the Doctor talking about all the things Jo had done and she got all happy and 'Oh you were watching me all along!'... and then he couldn't lie and it was heartbreaking and beautiful.
OH IT WAS ALL BRILLIANT! RUSTY I LUFF YOU!
Also, I NEED ICONS! Does anyone know anywhere? (OK, so it's a bit early, I know. But if you find a good source, will you tell me?)
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Rusty luff.
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ETA: You know, you might like the show, full stop. OK, so the stories/plots are generally rather simple (kids' show, remember), but it has a fifty year old woman as the Big Damn Hero, and it could pass a million Bechdel Tests. Plus, the kids are AWESOME! I watch purely for the characters, and am impossible grateful that my daughters are growing up with such brilliant role models. Also, thanks to Sarah Jane, the show tends to err on the side of being sensible and mature, rather than flailing about in immature selfishness. ♥
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(And oh, it is worth waiting for! I'm kinda bubbling with happiness.)
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Admittedly, for various reasons it was never going to be my favorite thing ever, but I think I had some hope that Matt Smith could give me an "in" to Rusty's writing. Apparently not.
I should just accept I'm never going to love/get RTD the way some do and learn to be happy for the rare occasions where he does manage to grab me :-\
That said, I do plan to watch again and see if I start feeling more charitable. I've since dispatched with some unpleasantness that was hanging over my head when I first watched, so maybe that'll help.
*lives vicariously through the squee of others*
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Well you are a very pleasant Scrooge, I must say. :)
As for RTD... Well, my gate into fandom was Buffy - as I know I've told you - and he and RTD are *very* similar in the ways they write. Not completely the same, but I'm sort of hard-wired into overlooking plotholes and focussing on the characters stuff. (Notice that my post doesn't touch on a single plot point.) I knew RTD would go overboard on the Old!Who continuity stuff, but he went much much further than I had thought. Mostly I want to pet him. *g*
Anyway, I hope a second viewing will ameliorate it somewhat. ♥
ETA: It's interesting actually that you should mention Eleventy as a possible gateway into RTD's writing - I've got a friend who (sadly) does not like Eleven, and I'm kinda hoping that RTD's writing will get her on board with the loveliness that is our current Doctor. *crosses fingers in the face of logic*
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Hardly my place to come into somebody else's journal and vent my spleen all over their party.
I'm sort of hard-wired into overlooking plotholes and focussing on the characters stuff. (Notice that my post doesn't touch on a single plot point.)
Alas, I can look over a plot hole with the best of them. It's pretty much everything else that gets to me. *le sigh*
Mostly I want to pet him. *g*
LOL. He does look pet-able. I would pet him for The Writer's Tale. *pet, pet*
Anyway, I hope a second viewing will ameliorate it somewhat. ♥
Slightly better . . . but mostly because, knowing what was going on already, I didn't feel a much need to cringe.
It's interesting actually that you should mention Eleventy as a possible gateway into RTD's writing - I've got a friend who (sadly) does not like Eleven, and I'm kinda hoping that RTD's writing will get her on board with the loveliness that is our current Doctor. *crosses fingers in the face of logic*
See, this is what's actually getting to me: Eleven felt . . . flat. I never had high hopes for the story itself, and that's fine, but I was hoping Eleven was going to make RTD's writing pop a bit. I think it more worked the other way round instead. It's not like he was ruined or something, just . . . flat. Such is life. But here's hoping it works on your friend anyway!
In the meantime, I shall gaze contentedly on your icon, which never fails to make me smile.
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Aw, that's lovely. (I wish everyone was so considerate.)
Alas, I can look over a plot hole with the best of them. It's pretty much everything else that gets to me. *le sigh*
Oh dear. Well it's not long until Christmas now...
LOL. He does look pet-able. I would pet him for The Writer's Tale. *pet, pet*
*joins in*
Slightly better . . . but mostly because, knowing what was going on already, I didn't feel a much need to cringe.
Oh I'm used to switching off my cringe-button when watching SJA. *pets them all*
It's not like he was ruined or something, just . . . flat. Such is life. But here's hoping it works on your friend anyway!
Thanks! And pretty much nothing can ruin things for me if I've decided I'm going to enjoy them, so I'm rather lucky. :)
In the meantime, I shall gaze contentedly on your icon, which never fails to make me smile.
He is so cute and utterly unselfconscious. *happy sigh*
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Oh I'm used to switching off my cringe-button when watching SJA. *pets them all*
It does seem like a very nice children's show. Sadly it does take a bit of mental adjustment to appreciate these things properly.
Thanks! And pretty much nothing can ruin things for me if I've decided I'm going to enjoy them, so I'm rather lucky. :)
That is, indeed, a great asset you've got there. *tries not to be jealous*
He is so cute and utterly unselfconscious. *happy sigh*
*pets Eleventy because he should not be left out*
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Heh. Although that was slightly more true last year, when we even had Doctor-y indents on BBC... *is nostalgic* Oh Tennant - he was EVERYWHERE! ♥
It does seem like a very nice children's show. Sadly it does take a bit of mental adjustment to appreciate these things properly.
It took me a few years... And I still find my mind wandering during most episodes.
That is, indeed, a great asset you've got there. *tries not to be jealous*
Dunno where I got it from, but I think it's tied to my Pollyannaness. Also, I've realised recently, I always try to watch the show that the writer writes, y'know?
*pets Eleventy because he should not be left out*
*joins you*
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The whole memory thing was just so Big Bang callback.... Eleven's really into that sort of thing isn't he? I love him for it though. He really never forgets.
The part where Eleven actually needs Sarah to help him because he has no screwdriver kind of made it really hit home that she's gotten to the level of being pretty much his equal. I dunno, made me happy. Eleven really did not need to skirt around whether he was okay the last time he saw her because skirting around just obviously says "no I was not okay" to just about anyone.
I loved the conversation in the ventilation shaft with Clyde while they were simultaneously shuffling. That was awesome.
Amy and Rory on a HONEYMOOOONNN on a HONEYMOON PLANET NO LESS.
Old companion mentions were LOVE. LOVE.
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I KNOW!!!! I'm surprised he didn't blow up more to be honest.
The whole memory thing was just so Big Bang callback.... Eleven's really into that sort of thing isn't he? I love him for it though. He really never forgets.
It is a beautiful theme. :)
The part where Eleven actually needs Sarah to help him because he has no screwdriver kind of made it really hit home that she's gotten to the level of being pretty much his equal. I dunno, made me happy.
Same here. I like me some strong women. :)
Eleven really did not need to skirt around whether he was okay the last time he saw her because skirting around just obviously says "no I was not okay" to just about anyone.
*nods*
I loved the conversation in the ventilation shaft with Clyde while they were simultaneously shuffling. That was awesome.
It was brilliant indeed!
Amy and Rory on a HONEYMOOOONNN on a HONEYMOON PLANET NO LESS.
I EXPECT MANY MANY FICS FROM FANDOM NOW!!!!
Old companion mentions were LOVE. LOVE.
Not enough ♥ in the world...
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Can you tell I've been watching 3 lately?
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Do you think Ten visited Susan before dying? Though my friend says she still thinks that the woman in white was Susan (and I agree, despite what else has been said) and that counts.
And the roster of old companions and what they are doing! SQUEEEEEEE! I foresee much by way of fanfic coming. I can't wait.
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Well I watched Part 1 three times (various children kept missing it) and re-watched Part 2 this morning. Oh happy days. :)
Do you think Ten visited Susan before dying? Though my friend says she still thinks that the woman in white was Susan (and I agree, despite what else has been said) and that counts.
Yes, that would count, wouldn't it? Although he might have gone to see her. Mmmmm, I shall let fic decide - that is, if someone writes a really brilliant fic about it, it'll count. *g*
And the roster of old companions and what they are doing! SQUEEEEEEE! I foresee much by way of fanfic coming. I can't wait.
Me too! ::is impatient:: And oh, so many timelines crossed... Rose was probably just the last in a long line. Hurrah for timey-wimey-ness!
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\o/
That was fantastic. So much. So fantastic. *glee*
Indeed. Total and utter glee! (The plot makes less and less sense the more I think about it, but I don't care. It was FABULOUS!)
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It was a fabulous episode, no matter what. And that show is never meant to make sense, it's for kids. But Eleven was fantastic, and I'm growing rather fond of Clive, too.
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Oh I'm not in a rush... *looks at busy life and sighs*
It was a fabulous episode, no matter what. And that show is never meant to make sense, it's for kids.
Kids care about logic! Well, a little. ;)
But Eleven was fantastic, and I'm growing rather fond of Clive, too.
Word. (Although I must point out that his name is Clyde. I luff him to pieces, and he should become a companion proper!)
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